Another week has come and gone. I have had a busy week week with baking and freezing things. Will be working on more baking and freezing next week too.

This week I have no theme to sharing the Foodie Link Love. I am sharing with you some recipes and post that I have found interesting for this week.

• $5 Dinners has a Honey Roasted Acorn Squash and Chicken. This dinner actaully sounds delicious. Each ingredient has a touch of honey. YUM!
• A wonderful combination of bananas and caramel can be found in Annie’s Eats recipie Banana Caramel Cupcakes. These sound divine!
• I don’t think I have had pumpkin and cranberries before. Auntie E’s has a intersting Cranberry Pumpkin Amish Bread recipe. I am think I will try to make this sometime next week.
• I am a big soup lover. I stumbled across a Roasted Garlic and Butter Nut Squash Soup recipe by Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice. In her post she says the roasted garlic and Parmesan balance the sweetness of the squash. A perfect recipe just in time for the fall months.
• Every once in a while I like to make biscuits or rolls to go along with dinner. Cookin’ Lean Like Paula Deen has a Paula Deen’s Lean: Cheese Biscuit recipe. This website uses Paula Deen recipes and makes the recipes a leaner version.
• From Our Table To Yours has a really great crafty recipe for kids. I don’t know about your kids but my kids love the bath crayons and bath paints. Well now you can make your own Soap Crayons. Too Cool.
• I never knew you could freeze bananas before. I have froze strawberries and blueberries before. Well Mommy’s Kitchen tells us How To Freeze Bananas & Buttermilk & A Fiber One Giveaway. She even lists a few uses for frozen bananas.
• I love the fall and the leaves changing colors. I think most of the leaves around here are just about done. Seems like they came down so fast. Well to still enjoy the tastes of fall I am going to try a recipe of Old Fashioned Pumpkin Cookies I seen at Sprinkles and Flours this weekend.

Here is a fun meme that talks about four different foods on Friday. To Participate in this meme  click the button to the right.

Here’s this week’s questions.

1. Name something you like with pumpkin in it.
2. Name an orange food you like.
3. What’s your favorite color/flavor of licorice?
4. What’s your favorite hot beverage at Halloween

My Answers:

1. Double Layer Pumpkin Pie
2. Oranges
3. Red/Cherry
4. Apple Cider

I make a Double Layer Pumpkin Pie every year for Thanksgiving. It adds a twist to your normal pumpkin pie.

Double Layer Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients:

• 4 oz (1/2 of 8 oz pkg) Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 Tbsp milk
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 1 tub (8 oz) Whipped  Topping, thawed, divided
• 1 Graham Pie Crust (6 oz)
• 1 cup milk
• 1 can (15 oz) pumpkin
• 2 pkg (4 serving size each) Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding and Pie Filling
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves

Directions:

1. Mix cream cheese, 1 Tbsp. milk and the sugar in large bowl with wire whisk until well blended. Gently stir in half of the whipped topping. Spread onto bottom of crust.
2. Pour 1 cup milk into large bowl. Add pumpkin, dry pudding mixes and spices. Beat with wire whisk 2 min. or until well blended. (Mixture will be thick.)Spread over cream cheese layer.
3. Refrigerate 4 hours or until set. Top with remaining whipped topping just before serving. Store left over pie in refrigerator.

picture from lovemyphilly.com

I am always looking for new tips for the kitchen. Whether it be cleaning or cooking tips I always find them helpful. Today I want to share a few of my tips with all of you.

• Before cutting an onion run your hands under cold water. This will stop you from tearing up.
• After you boil hard boil eggs run each one under cold water. Once the egg is really cold you smash each end and roll it side to side and that will make the shell come off easier.
• Put a little salt in your grease when frying bacon it will prevent less splatter.
• To keep potatoes from budding put an apple in the bag.
• To keep your cookies fresh add a slice of bread to your container or cookie jar.
• If you over salt a dish while cooking put a slice of potato in as it will absorb the salt.
• To soften up hard brown sugar but a slice of apple in the bag.
• If you have a throbbing headache cut a piece of lime and rub it on your forhead.
• When cutting fresh fruits or vegetables fill the container with water so it’s over the fruits and vegetables and squeeze the juice of one lemon. Also if you rub lemon juice on the cutting board it also prevents your fruits and vegetable from turning brown.
• You can clean up grease or oil spills by sprinkling flour over the spill as it will soak it up. Then it can be easily scraped up and thrown out preventing the grease from spreading around when cleaning up with a paper towel.

photo credit: A&A Design Build Remodeling, Inc.